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Bill S.1137 188th (Current)

An Act relative to police pursuits in the Commonwealth.

By Ms. Flanagan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1137) of Jennifer L. Flanagan, Stephen L. DiNatale, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., Michael J. Rodrigues and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to police pursuits in the Commonwealth. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Sponsors:	Jennifer L. Flanagan
Status:	Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

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SECTION 1. Section 25 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition by adding to the end of said section 25 the following:-

Any person who, while operating or in charge of a motor vehicle, when being pursued by a police officer in an official police vehicle displaying lights and siren, shall refuse or neglect to stop, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment in State Prison for not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Actions for Bill S.1137
Date	Branch	Action
1/22/2013	Senate	Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
1/22/2013	House	House concurred

Petitioners: Jennifer L. Flanagan, Stephen L. DiNatale, Angelo J. Puppolo, Michael J. Rodrigues, John H. Rogers, Thomas J. Calter, Michael R. Knapik, Jennifer E. Benson, Michael O. Moore, Josh S. Cutler, Randy Hunt, Michael F. Rush, Richard T. Moore, Todd M. Smola, Donald H. Wong, Cleon H. Turner, James B. Eldridge, F. J. Barrows, Lori A. Ehrlich, Anne M. Gobi, Ann-Margaret Ferrante, James M. Cantwell, Christine E. Canavan, Nicholas A. Boldyga, Alice H. Peisch, Mark J. Cusack, Richard J. Ross, Sarah K. Peake, William C. Galvin, Kenneth I. Gordon, Matthew A. Beaton, David P. Linsky, Geoff Diehl, Kimberly N. Ferguson, Angelo L. D'Emilia, John F. Keenan, Theodore C. Speliotis, Bruce E. Tarr, Paul J. Donato, Bradley H. Jones, James R. Miceli, Gale D. Candaras, Carolyn C. Dykema, Harold P. Naughton, Patricia A. Haddad, Keiko M. Orrall, Paul K. Frost, David M. Rogers, Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, Katherine M. Clark, Danielle W. Gregoire, George N. Peterson, Thomas P. Kennedy

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Bill S.1137 188th (Current)

An Act relative to police pursuits in the Commonwealth.

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